Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-08-09

.erters of the world, and there studied the
,rocessss psed He came back and estab-
iished smelling works at BLACK Ha"h'
made money. and the works were moved W
Denver By secret process they are now
ahle to do some of the best refining of the
world. and Hill has made fortune The in
ventor of the secret process IS the only
one who understands it. His name is
Pierce. am told that Hills company pay
him a salary of $4,000 a year for its use,
and that the part of the works in which this
secret is used is never shown to visitors. Pro-
fessor Pierce has, it is said, given the secret OF
the process to his wife only, and this he pro-
poses to leave her as legacy. Last year
So, 6SO, 900 worth of the precious metal was
extracted by this process.
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Congressman Symes, the man who TOOK
Jim Belfords place in the house OF repre-
scntatives, is another of Denvers rich men.
Re is lawyer, and he has one of the best
renting brick business buildings i'll Denver
This building brings Symes rent of Sl5,OOO
q year and it is worth $500, 600 1t is very
popular place for law offices, and Symes, in
order to make it especially desirable for such
tenants, bought an expensive law library and
put it in his building for their use. Symes is
said to be a good lawyer and he gets big
fees. He has a redder head than Belford,
and he is so straight that he could he used for
a standard measure. He has fair complex
icl, an austere air and a beard as red as his
h.ir He stands well here, but has none Of
the brilliant wit which made Belford a ma
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And Bedford! What has become Of him!
We'll, Bedford is by no means a dead man yet,
and though he tells me he will never go back
to the house of representatives, will not be
surprised to see him popping up at Washing
ton any day. He has reformed since he came
back to Denver, and today he is as straight
as a string and as bright as the gold of his
own Rocky mountains. He has not touched
drop of anything intoxicating for eight
months, and lie has, as the business men here
say, got back his grip for good He is again
practicing law, and he has now on hand some
of the biggest cases in Colorado. He told me
last night that the great mistake Of his life
was his going into politics, and that the ten
years he spent in that way lost him fortune
Il was making 100000 year at law" said
refused to run would now be worth $780,
Co., and propose to make this amount by
the end of the next ten years by staying at
home. What does it all amount to, anyhow 7
Of the 325 members OF the house you can
number on your fingers those who can com
mand the attention of their fellows when
they take the floor, and Of these ten not five
will have any lasting standing before the
Han to1I
that during his terms in the senate he had
served with 15S senators, and as l heard it
the transtory nature of public life strucl,
inc forcibly. Every congress shows SO to 50
rer cent. of the old members retired to private
life, and it is all as sounding brass and a
tinkling cymbal" TX
Judge Belford lives very nicely here at
Denver. He has a pleasant family, and his
red hended boys are chips of the old block in
their brightness. His renewed grip on the
law is bringing back his old grip on the
people, and he has been doing considerable pub
lie speaking of late. He believes that both of
the old p rites need new men and new issues,
and says the alhatross corpse of the dead
fights of the last twenty years still hangs
about their necks. He says that the temper
ance issue will yet be great national qurs-
ton, and that cause cannot be kept down
which has 10000 900 LOBBYISTS who as the
wives OF voters, can nightly whisper tnt.
reasons into the ears of these voters as their
neads lie on the pillows beside them. judge
Bedford thinks that Conkling is still great in
he hearts Of the Republicans, and if a great
ssue should he sprung that he may come for
ward as a leader. W.
Rich men among these westerners almost
always want to come to congress or the sen
tie, and understand that Hill, Tabor and a
lumber of others are scheming already for
he election. In the meantime Tom Bowen l.
1T his home in Del Norte, Colo, 2S5 miles
way from Denver, and Senator Teller is
living up in the mountains at the mining
Gown of Central City. Teller has a law office
IL Denver, and also big ranch near Pueblo
3owen's interests are in mines, and he once
told me that a man never got wealthy selling
postage stamps, and that if he wanted TO
make a fortune he must strike for big game
1t was in this way that Bowen has made what
he has, and he is said to be wealthy. He rodo
here from Arkansas a poor man, and for seven
Years worked group of claims in company
with others in corporation known as the
San Juan Mining company. 1t is said the
company was badly managed, and its stock
~ot down very low. Bowen saw that there
was money in its mines, and in 1881 its shares
we're played for at poker in Del Norte at the
rate Of two drinks share Bowen quietly
bought them up, getting, it is said, $500, 900
worth of stock for SIS. He soon got control of
he stock. He pushed the work, soon struck a
rich lead and thus made fortune. He paid
lis debts, and I am told he is interested in the
stamp mill which has since been erected near
ais mine FRANK G. CARPENTER